The bodies of birds are modified from their feathered ancestors. Most birds excrete nitrogenous waste as uric acid through their ureters into their intestines, similar to reptiles. They do not have a urinary bladder or external urethral opening, and uric acid is excreted along with feces. However, some birds like hummingbirds can excrete ammonia instead. All waste, as well as bowel movements, exit through the cloaca.
The bodies of birds are modified from their feathered ancestors. Most birds excrete nitrogenous waste as uric acid through their ureters into their intestines, similar to reptiles. They do not have a urinary bladder or external urethral opening, and uric acid is excreted along with feces. However, some birds like hummingbirds can excrete ammonia instead. All waste, as well as bowel movements, exit through the cloaca.
The bodies of birds are modified from their feathered ancestors. Most birds excrete nitrogenous waste as uric acid through their ureters into their intestines, similar to reptiles. They do not have a urinary bladder or external urethral opening, and uric acid is excreted along with feces. However, some birds like hummingbirds can excrete ammonia instead. All waste, as well as bowel movements, exit through the cloaca.
more or less advanced depending on the species; the only known groups that lost their bodies are the defunct moa and giant catcalls.( 79) Excretory system
Like the reptiles, catcalls are primarily uricotelic, that is,
their feathers prize nitrogenous waste from their bloodstream and excrete it as uric acid, rather of urea or ammonia, through the ureters into the intestine. catcalls don't have a urinary bladder or external urethral opening and( with exception of the poltroon) uric acid is excreted along with faeces as a circumfluous waste.( 80)( 81)( 82) still, catcalls similar as hummingbirds can be facultatively ammonotelic, excreting utmost of the nitrogenous wastes as ammonia.( 83) They also excrete creatine, rather than creatinine like mammals.( 76) This material, as well as the affair of the bowel, emerges from the raspberry's cloaca.( 84)( 85)